Kid update:
I love how Luci says "nal" for the canal we walk on. Her hair is crazy. It's still very thin and I am destined to cut a bit off the lenght today because the snarls are terrible and she complains EVERY time I brush.
Jesse declared the other night that he was going to be Adam in the activity play. Turns out it is Joseph in the nativity play. Imagine this: "Hello Mary. I think we should go to Bethleeehem."
Peanut likes being D's pub dog--she accompanies him every Tuesday night to his guys group. First she rides the tube, then gets loved on for the evening.
My lounge looks much more glorious the past couple days since it has been illuminated with 100W bulb instead of a 60. It was getting entirely too gloomy in here with the curtains drawn here and there through the day to keep it warm in here.
Anyone have any good hallway color suggestions? I am dying to paint it and assuming a safe and ever-welcoming color is a light blue?
I see I have digressed from the children but these are all my pet projects.
Must go shortly but will include recipes in this plus my next 2 posts because they are fabulous and wonderful when cooking healthy in short time.
On with it!
Festive Shrimp Curry with Coconut Sauce (from Extending the Table)
Feel free to only use 6 peices of shrimp if that all you have like me and put in more veggies. Anyone imagining tofu?
Heat in large frypan:
1/4 c. oil
Saute:
1 green pepper, chopped
1 small onion, minced
1 large tomato, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
Add:1 1/2 t. ground cumin
1/3 c. cilantro,chopped
1 1/2 lb. fresh or frozen shrimp, shelled and deveined
Saute a few minutes util cooked through.
Add:
1 T. flour (optional for thicker sauce and why do it?)
Cook 1 minute. Add:
approx. 2 c. coconut milk
Cook over low heat until thickened.
Add:
salt and pepper to taste
Serve over rice and garnish with"
3-4 chopped scallions (that's if you have it!)
Feeds about 4 (2 adults and 2 distracted children)
6 comments:
Yum! Will have to try it. I have a similar recipe with a spicier kick to it, using Thai red curry pasta and lemongrass and no cilantro or cumin. Adding browned sweet potatoes to the sauce and simmering. Also yummy is to cook rice with coconut milk and a pinch of sugar and salt for coconut jasmine rice. can send the full recipe if you like.
that's Thai red curry paste not pasta
I'd love to see some more pics of your place!
Oh, I can't wait to try this recipe! Sounds easy, delicious & right up our alley.
As for your walls, a warm goldish yellow would also be good (I can picture it but it has to be the right shade - I know that could be ugly or garish otherwise, but I've seen it done well in restaurants or homes).
I miss you, Pamela!!
Shrimp with coconut milk? Oooo that sounds good.
Okay, I just have to remind you of the time you came over to my basement apartment in Wheaton all those eons ago for "cream tacos". Do you remember? I remember you saw the little bowls of shredded Jewel cheddar and canned olives and were convinced you could never pull off such an "impressive" spread. I have actually thought about you & that night many times over the years & figured you were faring a lot better than cream tacos.
I love that you are so thoroughly kickin' ass and takin' names in the kitchen! And that we all seem a lot more happy & sure of ourselves than 10 years ago. We've all come a long way, haven't we baby?
Oh, and bold colors can be fun, too. Got any object around your house that makes you so happy to see them? If you paint your wall that color, you'll always have a positive association with it, even if it looks awful. And if it looks too awful you can always paint over it. I know, that's an easy thing to find time for with two kids, right?
My husband would say don't ever ever take my decorating advice. But I lived in a golden yellow room in Chicago one year and it was heaven to walk into out of the gloom.
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